Kyrgyzstan riot police open fire as protesters storm government building

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Supporters of Kyrgyzstan's deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev collect stones to block a road at the outskirts of the village of Teyit, in the Jalal-Abad region, southern Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, April 15, 2010.

People walk past Kyrgyzstan's deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's family home, in the village of Teyit, in the Jalal-Abad region, southern Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, April 15, 2010.​

 

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Supporters of Kyrgyzstan's deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev stand outside the television headquarters in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, April 15, 2010. Gunfire broke out at a rally where the deposed president of Kyrgyzstan was speaking to supporters Thursday. Kurmanbek Bakiyev was hustled into a car and driven from the scene, and there were no apparent injuries in the crowd.

Kyrgyz police officers guard the television station in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, April 15, 2010.​

 

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Bodyguards clear the way for Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev (unseen) as he leaves the scene after failing to address his supporters at a square in Kyrgyzstan's southern city of Osh April 15, 2010.​

 

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Interim government followers (L) clash with supporters of Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev as they try to disrupt their rally at a square in Kyrgyzstan's southern city of Osh April 15, 2010.

An interim government follower throws a stone at a pick-up truck, transporting equipment for the rally and owned by supporters of Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, at a square in Kyrgyzstan's southern city of Osh April 15, 2010.

Interim government followers react after disrupting the rally, which was planned by supporters of Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, at the central square in Kyrgyzstan's southern city of Osh April 15, 2010.​

 

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A man rides a donkey at a local market in the ancient city of Uzgen in southern Kyrgyzstan April 15, 2010.​

 

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Dustin P. Brown, rank SSgt, from state Missouri, shows a flak jacket at the U.S. air base Manas near the capital Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, April 15, 2010. The U.S. air base near the capital, a key piece in the NATO campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan, has resumed full operations, the U.S. Embassy said Thursday, after being suspended last week because of a political revolt in Kyrgyzstan.​

 

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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake laughs during a news conference in Bishkek April 15, 2010. The United States is prepared to extend assistance to the interim government of Kyrgyzstan, Blake said on Thursday.​